Paranoia Agent is a 2004 Japanese anime television series created by director Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse about a social phenomenon in Musashino, Tokyo caused by a juvenile serial assailant named Shonen Bat (Lil' Slugger in the English dub). The series aired on Japan's Wowow from February to May 2004. The English dub aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim in the United States from May to August 2005.
Episode list
All episodes were written by Seishi Minakami, except episodes 5 and 10, which were handled by Tomomi Yoshino.
| ShortSummary = The three members of a group who formed an internet suicide pact meet each other for the first time in attempt to come up with ways to commit suicide, also hoping to see Lil' Slugger. The two older members of the trio, an old man known as "Fuyubachi" and a young man known as "Zebra", are shocked to discover that the third member, "Kamome", is actually a little girl, and try multiple times in vain to abandon her. She finds them in a vacant house trying to gas themselves with carbon monoxide, but the house is suddenly demolished. They then try to jump in front of a subway train, but another man throws himself in front of the train first, after which Zebra sees the spirit of the man walk away. Finally, the trio try hanging themselves from a tree on a mountainside, but the branch snaps. The men fall down a slope and get separated from Kamome, revealing Zebra's locket contains pictures of him with another man. They decide to go back for Kamome because they fear she will die if left alone in the forest. The trio visit a bathhouse, where it is revealed that Kozuka was part of their suicide pact. They attempt to fall asleep, but see the silhouette of Lil' Slugger. Delighted, Kamome and Zebra run at him with open arms, with Fuyubachi trailing behind, but a terrified Lil' Slugger flees the building. Later, Fuyubachi notices that the three of them do not cast shadows. While singing and skipping hand in hand, the three stop to pose behind a group of girls getting their picture taken by another girl with a digital camera. When the girls check to see how their picture turned out, they are shocked and frightened by what they see in the photo. The camera then zooms in on a condom machine behind the three, which reads "Happy Family Planning".